Golf-club.



lUNTTEE STATES ATENT EETCE.

JAMES GOVAN, OF RADNOR, PENNSYLVANIA.

GOLF- CLUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Lio-722,011, dated March 3,1903.

Application iiled September 20, 1902. Serial No. 124,220. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it 'nm/y concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES GOVAN, a subject of the King of Great Britainand Ireland, andaresidentot Radnor, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovementsin Golf-Clubs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that construction of golf-club having a block ofmetal inserted in the head of the same for the purpose of weighting it,the object of my invention being to so dispose such weighting-block asto increase the accuracy with which the club can be handled, therebyinsuring certainty in the blow delivered upon the ball, so that a longand true flight of the latter will result.

This object I attain in the manner hereinaf-V ter set forth, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents,partly in section and partlyin elevation, a golf-club head constructedin accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 is a transverse section onthe line a ct, Fig. l.

The head l of the club is constructed, as usual, of wood and has aprojecting stem or shank 2 for connection with the sta of the club inthe ordinary manner. Instead, however, of introducing the leaden orother weight at the rear of the club, as has heretofore been customary,I form a recess in the club in line vertically with the center of theshank 2 and in advance of the center of the head, this rel cess beingpreferably formed from the bottom of the head, and I introduce theWeight 3 into this recess, retaining it therein by means of a cap orcover plate 4c, secured to the bottom of the head by any suitable cementor by nails, pins, screws, or other available fastenings or anycombination of these securing means. I Eind that when the weight is thusdisposed in line with the center of the stem of the head said head ismore accurately balanced than when the weight is at the rear of thisline, and by reason of this balancing of the head I find that the clubcan be handled with greater accuracy than usual, but little difficultybeing experienced in hitting the ball fairly and squarely, so as toinsure a long and true Hight of the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- A golf-club head having a weight disposed therein inadvance of the center of the head and in line with the central line ofthe stem of the head, substantially as specified.

v In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES GOVAN.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. WOOD, C. R. KENNEDY.

